LINGUIST List 22.259 Sat Jan 15 2011 Books: Applied Ling/Cog Sci/Discourse Analysis: Weigand Editor for this issue: Fatemeh Abdollahi <fatemehlinguistlist.org> Links to the websites of all LINGUIST's supporting publishers are available at the end of this issue. Directory         1.     Paul Peranteau , Dialogue – The Mixed Game: Weigand Message 1: Dialogue – The Mixed Game: Weigand Date: 14-Jan-2011 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Dialogue – The Mixed Game: Weigand E-mail this message to a friend Title: Dialogue – The Mixed Game Series Title: Dialogue Studies 10 Published: 2010 Publisher: John Benjamins                 http://www.benjamins.com/ Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=DS%2010 Author: Edda Weigand Electronic: ISBN: 9789027287465 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 95.00 Electronic: ISBN: 9789027287465 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 143.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027210272 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 95.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027210272 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 143.00 Hardback: ISBN: 9789027210272 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 100.70 Abstract: The 'Mixed Game Model' represents a holistic theory of dialogue which starts from human beings' competence-in-performance and describes how language is integrated in a general theory of human action and behaviour. Human beings are able to adapt to changing conditions and to pursue their interests by the integrated use of various communicative means, mainly verbal, perceptual and cognitive. The core unit is the dialogic action game or 'the mixed game' with human beings at the centre acting and reacting in cultural surroundings. The key to opening up the complex whole is human beings' nature. The Mixed Game Model demonstrates how the different disciplines of the natural and social sciences and the humanities are mutually interconnected. After a detailed overview of the state of the art, the fundamentals of the theory are laid down. They include a typology of action games which ranges from minimal games to complex institutional games. The description is illustrated by analyses of authentic games. Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics                             Cognitive Science                             Discourse Analysis Written In: English (eng ) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=52648 Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue -------------------------- Major Supporters -------------------------- Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd http://www.continuumbooks.com De Gruyter Mouton http://www.degruyter.com/mouton Edinburgh University Press http://www.eup.ed.ac.uk/ Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics Equinox Publishing Ltd http://www.equinoxpub.com/ John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/ Lincom GmbH http://www.lincom.eu Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ Palgrave Macmillan http://www.palgrave.com ---------------------- Other Supporting Publishers ---------------------- Page Updated: 15-Jan-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.